Green Glorious Green

Thanks to many, many, many, hours of hard work in the yard by Tyler our yard is full of green glorious green grass. Tyler spent last week getting the yard ready and Saturday morning the pallets of Sod were delivered. We hired a young man from our ward to come help and together, with the occassional help of Abigail, they got the yard completed by early afternoon. Our yard is small, but it makes all the difference to look out the windows and see such green green grass.

Oh Baby

We are thrilled to share the news that we are expecting a new addition to join our family come mid-November.

Indeed, we have much to be thankful for.

A Wish to Grow

April showers bring May (and June) flowers.....and vegetables. My #1 goal for the summer is to can tomatoes--hopefully from my garden. In this pursuit, we have planted 13 tomato plants of 3 varieties. Bring on the tomatoes I say! (I am happy to report that 7 tomatoes have already been spotted). We also planted 5 pepper plants, 1 cucumber plant, and 2 basil plants. Not too much variety overall in the vegetable department--but we have plans to expand next year.

Abigail helping her Daddy build the garden boxes.
We have two large pots filled with these Zinnias. I'm in love.

As crazy as it sounds, doing my dishes and looking out my window to these flower boxes---somehow makes doing dishes a bit easier (usually).

I love beginning my day by checking on our garden. Each morning Abigail and I go outside and take a look to see what has been happening while we were sleeping. Abigail loves to help water the vegetables, flower pots, and hanging baskets.

The first year we were here in Georgia we planted Petunias. Within a week they were all gone and the bunny we thought was so cute became our enemy. This year, we dare that bunny to get to these Petunias.

p.s. Ignore the dead grass. It is purposely dry, dead, and ugly--sod coming soon with pictures to follow.

Good Times are a Coming

So--this is a somewhat "modest" picture of the big event---but for several days now, Abigail has insisted and has successfully used the potty without prompting or coaxing from us. About two months ago I noticed she was becoming quite interested in this whole event---so off to Target we went to pick up her potty. She played with it here and there and had a few successful experiences here and there, but in the last few days, her interest has picked up. In the morning right after her morning snuggle and "milts" (milk), she announces, "pee-pee" and off she goes. By no means are we doing any serious potty training, but we are also not complaining at all. Mostly, I think Abigail is loving the attention and claps she gets after each successful experience. Either way, good times are a coming if this trend continues.

Happiness Is...

... playing with Daddy before Mommy gets up.

...sitting in puddles in the parking lot of Home Depot and helping Daddy pick out flowers.

...a new Easter dress from Grandma Ellen.

...playing outside!

....Happiness is Abigail.

Snow Days

This is a "better late than never" post. January and February---and even March, brought snow to Georgia. And as it turns out, Abigail is a fan of the snow.

We let her come out and play in her pajamas and when the playing was done it was straight to bath we went.


Building a snowman with Daddy.

And oh was she ever happy.

Primary Projects

These FAITH blocks are for the girls who have completed their Faith in God challenges.

These fish are for our nursery kids. Each fish has a magnet and a pocket. The magnet makes for easy "catching" and the pocket is to hold the title of the song they will sing.